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What Is Affinity Designer And Who Is It For?
Mckenzie Holder • February 28, 2022
Wondering if Affinity Designer is right for you? We’ve taken the time to provide a quick and simple breakdown so you can decide if Affinity Designer is something you would like to incorporate into your daily design life. How can you benefit? What can it offer you? Keep reading to find out.
What is Affinity Designer?
First things first, we'll need to discuss just exactly what Affinity Designer is. Affinity Designer is a vector graphic design solution. What does that mean? Anyone from professional designers, artists, and other creatives are able to utilize this program. To put it simply, it’s a one-time purchase, Illustrator alternative, much like Affinity Photo is the alternative to Photoshop.
What does Affinity Designer Do?
Operating under similar capacities, you can do just about as much as you could with Adobe’s Illustrator. If you work with illustrations, typography, icons, UI design, print, mock-ups, icons, web graphics, branding, etc, you’ll be able to make your vision a reality. See a complete list of their available features here.
Who is Affinity Designer for?
Affinity Designer is made for a wide range of people. With its easy-to-use interface, even those just starting out will find it’s a quick learning curve and can get rolling on any big projects they may have. Experienced users will find they are able to achieve just as much as they were before while saving quite the pretty penny. Not only is it much cheaper than Adobe, it also requires far fewer hardware requirements.
What’s to like?
- A one-time payment of only $54.99
- Compatible with Windows and Mac
- Easy to use/learn interface
- Increased image editing options
- Free Hand Capabilities
What is Affinity Design is lacking?
- No 3D capabilities
- Lacking chart creation tools (If you are creating Charts using Illustrators “Chart” tool, congrats, you are the first individual we know that uses that tool!)
Conclusion
If you’re just starting out or have been in the game for a while Affinity Design can be the game-changer you need. Have a few questions? Contact us and we’ll help you get sorted. Need help with anything else? Check out our services to see how we can better assist you.
